Another activity would be to do a Reader's Theater, acting out a Shakespearean play. This site has some short adaptations for kids, as well as fun lists of Shakespearean insults, compliments, and more!

GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON, 1665-1666
I don't often list a purely informational site here, but this is unique (& does have good pictures). Most don't know that Eyam, England is called the plague village because it voluntarily isolated itself when the plague struck, brought by fleas imported in a tailor's shipment of cloth. This real story seems to mirror the book A Parcel of Patterns.

Did you know that the nursery rhyme and game "Ring Around the Rosy" is all about the Bubonic Plague?! Most nursery rhymes had double meanings in early England. See more by exploring the site!

GREAT FIRE OF LONDON, 1666Play the Great Fire of London game to see what it would have been like to have been there at the time!

VICTORIAN ERA
The Birmingham Museum let you explore a Victorian painting online, as well as some other great activities to print out!

Can you make it as a factory owner in the Industrial Revolution? Another related game, Muck and Brass, puts you in charge of a city during this same time. You have to look out for your citizens, while still encouraging the positive impact of factories. Are you up for the challenge?

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